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Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Aust sticks with F-35 despite Trump doubt

US president-elect Donald Trump thinks the F-35 Lightning is too expensive and doesn't work properly, but Australia sees no reason to back away from what will be our main combat aircraft.

In his latest criticism of JSF, Mr Trump tweeted that the F-35 program and cost was out of control and billions would be saved on military and other purchases once he became president.

Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne said Australia remained committed to the F-35 which was the right choice..

"Whether it has been efficiently managed from the United States' point of view of in terms of their costs and delays and so on is really a matter for them... it's perfectly fine for (Mr Trump) to have that opinion," he told reporters in the UK where he's visiting for talks with defence and industry officials.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop also said Australia was committed to the JSF and Mr Trump was entitled to question costs.

"It is more productive and useful for us to make comment once the Trump administration has been sworn in, the president has been inaugurated and we are dealing with realities, not hypotheticals," she told reporters in Canberra.

Australia plans to buy 72 of the advanced F-35A Lightning aircraft and perhaps as many as 100 to form the core of the RAAF's air combat capability out to mid-century. The first two squadrons will be operational by 2020.